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" knock "noc/ "noc noc / . on the thedoor thedoor thedoor door doorthe "he he the " hc hast haslly Iy ly conuolled contiolled conn oiled I 1 1 er cr erelf crelf crtit elf and Ed th Oh stuck her br ght head headwlo headinto headafo wlo into the tJle roomHello room * Hello Mary v \ , c e re go ng out to toa tos tol a s dance ton Ion eh gh and couldn t you yougo 3 } ougo ou go 'Virjs Virjs 'farys farys , ' ' rary s heart sk l ; .ped ped . a beat butbe butshe but butAe be she $ Ae iva wa almost on tl II to e a po t t f say saywg saytog sayyf wg tog No for fr ( ) she knev kne v she was wasbeing \ vasbting , as asbeIDg beIDg being asked just lust to fill in en Bu Buhe Bushe Bude he she ! as hungry to get a ay from fromhe fromthe fromihe he the ! drab rout routne ne of her day da } c < and andsa andsad andS sa sad ) d hes tatmgly Yes I d-I d I d - I d lov loveto love ( ' to 10 10 go , , Ed tho th 0 o K then Mar } ) Ted II 11 lake take I ! ) you fOU sou youMary fOUMary souDiary Mary Diary sat sIll st U ll a moment-Ted moment Ted moment - Ted one oneof oneof oneof of the most welcome of the b snbo E s ! Eho IIbo nbo ho came to the house hose k n n1IT i t iJy tly Jy ly tttracuve attractive ficc hee face 1 I a } ) s had a apleasant apleasant apleasant pleasant sm Ie le for 1\1 1 \ Maryshe Mary Maryqie a ry ry"he " qie "he he she dre dressed < s'd sd ( ' as ca carefully refulJy 1S as ' s shr shrcould shrcould shrcould could and she sheas \as as \ , as ready h he ( ' Te Tecame Tecame Tecame TecameOn came cameOp Op On the tJle journe journey } ) to the 'dance dance glance ' ' hal hat halthrough hatthrough halIhroueh through the crowded cro\\ded cro ded \ sub a ; ) T'd Td Ted T'dkIndness Tedkindness Tedkindness ( ' kIndness and thoughtfulness plea pled cc ( ' crher ( ' " - her and dro\e dro e drove dro \ , e a vay yay some of th the thechill thechill . chill the \ Bord I\ord I ord word Imposs ble bile had left leftAt leftAt leftAt At the hall she entered nto th the theput thpirt ( , p1l"t p1lt put " of the eenlngIth e\enmg e enmg e\enlng enlng evening \ with \\Ith Ith \ all he heJOul hefoal heioul JOul foal warning herself hersel1 tha that t th thcbance thchance thchance cbance chance m ght not come aa aga ! ; : nWhen nWhen n nWhen When the evening evemng \ was as o\Cr o Cr oter oCrhowever oterbowever o\tihowever o tihowever \ \ however bowever and Ted had left her herwith herwith herwith with arnJdly x a s / fcindly /rnJdly rnJdly kindly good night mght and In InIbe Inthe InIhe Ibe the tilenoe slenre silence ! of her h'r hr ( ' room she shelook shetook shelook look took stock she was aware tl tI athe at athe athe he bad had shown sho"n shon " no more than.courtcous thancourteous than courteous .courtcous courtcous . interest mterest m herAnd herAnd her herAnd And Ias I \ BBS \\as as was so happy vith vlth h 01 m 011helouldonly mlfhe mHhe 1hel\ouldonly 1hel ouldonly lfhe ! \ would only ask ash . me aga nl sh she sheteb shealspered ( ' IIb teb spered to herseU herself herseUBut herselfBut herselfBut But he d dn do t not that week end endnor endnor endaor nor the next ne"t net neat " and in an the meantime meantimeMary meantimeDfarybrooded meantimeMary Mary Dfarybrooded brooded on the word that had hadto'lcemned hadcovicemned hadcincemned to'lcemned tolcemned covicemned ' her so s rrply mply IT mplyF rrplyFnally ply plyF F Fnally nally in desperat on she sheent1 tent tentto \ent1 ent1 \ ent ent0 \0 0 to \ motherly old Mrs Ober who wholorked whoaorked wholorked \lorked lorked aorked \ in m an some dressmaking dressmah.mg dressmahmg . shop shopand shopand shopand and told her the v . whole hole story'Irs storyairs story storyMrs ' Mrs 'Irs Irs airs Ober h 11 tened and sa d dgently dgently dtrnlly dtrnllyThen gently gentlyThen Then hsten listen my dear Every Everygrl Everygirl Everypri grl girl : has someth ng of charm about abouther abouther aboutl her " and it is lS her duty to study ill m illevery mevery intvery every v . way ay she can to bring brmg it out out'iow outNow outNow 'iow iow Now ' your-your your your - your dresses ought to be bechanged bechanged bechanjed changed it Jt at f s not a matter of cost costbut costbut costtut but of r ght cho ces You see some somewomen somewomen someTOaen women have a gift g1ft forfigur forafigur for , figur ng such such1hmgS suchthings suchIhinei 1hmgS things out andsome and some haven t N Now Nowits Nowill 0\\ 0 0Its \ Its my business to help those"ho those \"ho "ho ho who whohavent \ wholavcnt "hobaven " baven havent t and suppose we see what whatwe \ whatre ha t twe we can do ' ? Mary Diary s eager agreement made the theolder theolder theolder older woman smile and they t \ ent entshead entahead entrttad shead ahead w th the r plansSo plans plansSo So tie tl tI e day came carne when 'Iary Iary Mary 'IarywluJe Marywhile ' 'Marywhile Marywhile ' wluJe while ' Mrs 'Irs Irs Ober looked onlth on \\lth lth with withinterested \ withInterested lthInterested \ Interested eyes e ) es faced Caced 1 I erselCIn erself erselC In Inher inher inler her m rror in a real party dres dress dressShe dress.She dressShe . She was amazed at tl II c e a change changeHer Her bobbed hair hid h1.d h1d had . been beenehanged beenchanged beenthaneed ehanged changed In such a \ way ay as to tobrmg tobring totrine brmg bring out the oval of her Caee face Caeesnd faceand facemi snd and the curve of her slim neckand neckand neck neckn4 and * n4 the dress simple slD1ple enoughin enough ID in in"kstn inkstn des IDdes indeign deign " gn did the rest You see ' ? 1rs R 1\ 1 It \ rs Ober said and and"ry I , andDiary , oIary Diary ! "ry ry " tamed turned and rushed into mto herarms her armsI armsTh afterthat inns arms innsHints Th Hints Thngs ngs seemed to happen after aftert I that . halJto hallto t She Sheas \\as as I\as I was \ \ hurrying hurrymg do n the halJ hall hall"llrs hallllrs to Mrs " Ober s room for t ie 1e le purpose of purposeol purposeof having havmg a small change ch'tge chtge ch age , ' made in m he the inthe ! " " dress when she met 1 ' led Ted ed at the the"P theP lop top thetop " of the stairs He looked at her WIt with withsudden her111 herwith ; sudden keen lD interestI3ulle interest interestHullo lerest lerestlIuJlc lerestI I I Hullo lIuJlc I3ulle Mary I hardly knew rou lou Whats What ! is lhat-a lhat a that-a that - nedress net new ne\ ne \ ! , dress- dress dressI dresst ? ' - ' ! ) I he t asked with frank adm rat on h lDlh lDls rnlhi hi m11 s Hn HIS eyesHIS eyesHis eyes eyesHn lDl rnl sing"l singl glance set somelh someth ng to smg sing Ing lag " party"s partys w wthm Ihm thin her A real party dress " " she announced as she slIpped she"Ippcd sheIppcd sheslIpped " by lateron Then byThen en came Ed th s comment later on . 0 . - M H Ii dget v \ here d d you get hat that ! get"it getit gethat getthat " bob- bob bob's bobs bobIt ? - ' ' artlit It s the vork york ot of an art I ht lit ' Then " 'en en ' happ est of all came Ted Tedw cameTed " w th di his camelTed joinn Jomhi joinloin hi loin -n n ! ) own nVltat nvitat n vital on to camel join Jom - and his own spec al group at atan aD an atlaD ' at"even ateven " danceIt eVen ng rig dance dancei atl It Itlias i theakoles theideates ai " lias Sias in the qu q " ct it of one ot of the ' akoles ideates ' ot oC of the bcaut beaut outside outtide ful room out side tide M " " . the dance turnedto floor tloor that he turned to 14 her "er er " ; samegill samegirl Mary sou you } ou are the same gill girl gilland girland * l ; ttgure and let Ht Set Sou ) ou aren t and I can t tItn tgure Itn gure " out v ' \ hat has rl'lde rllde r1'1de r11de rude ' ' tl tI e dd di diltitt11 ! ference lerehce You remember " " "ember ember " the other tllne erne Ohme ( ? ' 1enjoed Ienjoyed I 1 enjoed enjoyed cnjo > ) cd havme havmg having you w \ Oh th"en then IDe me thlIDe " " then " but thl aiinost almost wereaiinost werealmost I feel no v as if lf it were weretmiT wasIl somebody " ' ' " ody else . . He lIe tie wase was wasand1 ' Il 'wiling wiling was'wiling ! ) lng ! 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